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Effects of Malaria

September 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what are effects of malaria? ANSWER If a person becomes infected with malaria, they may start to experience the symptoms of the disease. These include high fever, aches, chills, nausea, headache, and sometimes more severe manifestations, such as severe anemia, impaired consciousness and even coma or death. These latter severe effects are more commonly associated with Plasmodium … [Read more...]

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Malaria and Nausea

July 31, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can malaria cause vomiting when a smell of petrol is inhaled? ANSWER One of the symptoms of malaria is nausea, and vomiting can also occur, but it would not necessarily be linked to certain smells. The most characteristic symptom malaria is a high fever, often also accompanied by periods of chills. See more malaria symptoms here. … [Read more...]

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Malaria and Weight Loss

June 9, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can malaria make you lose weight? Can malaria cause itching in the body. ANSWER Since malaria is often associated with extreme nausea and high fever, this can often cause people to lose their appetite and not eat properly while they are experiencing infection, leading to weight loss. However malaria is usually quite an acute infection, lasting a few days to at most a few … [Read more...]

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Malaria Effect on Host

May 28, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the effect of malaria on host? ANSWER In the human host, malaria can often make a person very sick, though the exact symptoms and severity of the disease depends on the type of malaria (five different kinds of malaria infect humans). Many people will have a high fever, chills, nausea and body aches. In a symptom very typical of malaria, a patient will experience cyclical … [Read more...]

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Vaccine for malaria? Differences with yellow fever?

May 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is there a vaccine to prevent malaria? What is the difference between yellow fever and malaria? ANSWER In answer to your first question, no, there is not currently a vaccine available to prevent malaria. The best current candidate, the RTS,S vaccine which was developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is currently undergoing Phase III clinical trials in Africa. Although preliminary results … [Read more...]

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What Food Should I Eat for Malaria

May 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION What food I eat in malaria? ANSWER If you mean what foods should you eat while you are suffering from malaria, then there are no specific diet specifications. Since many people feel nauseous and sick to their stomach while they are suffering from the disease, it may be hard to get people to eat anything at all - however, it is very important that the patient takes in a lot of … [Read more...]

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Swelling of Lymph Nodes and Malaria

May 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I would like to know if swelling of lymph nodes in neck is any way connect to malaria? ANSWER Swollen lymph nodes are often a sign that the body is trying to fight off an infection, and so swollen lymph nodes are certainly sometimes observed in malaria patients. However, most malaria infections would also be associated with other symptoms, such as fever, chills, nausea and aches. … [Read more...]

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Symtoms of Malaria

April 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Please tell me the symptoms of malaria. ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Due to the way in which the malaria parasite reproduces in the human body, fevers occurring in a cyclical fashion (i.e. high fever one day, no fever the next day, then recurrence of fever on the third or fourth … [Read more...]

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Symptoms and Causes of Malaria

February 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms and causes of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit … [Read more...]

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What are the Symptoms of Malaria?

December 14, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are malaria symptoms? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the … [Read more...]

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